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Develop fresh insights that will refine the
current understanding of doctrines and principles |
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Improve the application of existing gospel
knowledge to modern-day issues, circumstances, or predicaments in all areas
of human endeavor–either social, economic, political, or scientific |
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Engage in intellectual exchanges with fellow
scholars in religion and other disciplines |
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Introduce their work in classes, formal Church
meetings, professional conferences and publications |
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To maintain and safeguard doctrinal purity |
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To maintain and safeguard doctrinal purity |
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To foster sound comprehension, interpretation,
and application of the doctrine |
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To maintain and safeguard doctrinal purity |
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To foster sound comprehension, interpretation,
and application of the doctrine |
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To seek accurate historical information about
the Church in any of its dispensations |
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To maintain and safeguard doctrinal purity |
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To foster sound comprehension, interpretation,
and application of the doctrine |
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To seek accurate historical information about
the Church in any of its dispensations |
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To build bridges of understanding and friendship
with other faiths |
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[Three] things are necessary in order that
any rational and intelligent being may exercise faith in God unto life and
salvation. |
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First, the idea that he actually exists. |
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Secondly, a correct idea of his character,
perfections, and attributes. |
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Thirdly, an actual knowledge that the course of
life which he is pursuing is according to his will. ... |
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[Without] an acquaintance with these three
important facts, the faith of every rational being must be imperfect and
unproductive; but with this understanding it can become perfect and
fruitful, abounding in righteousness … |
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Lectures on Faith, p.13 |
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Isolate or focus on specific consequences of the
influence of Jesus Christ in human affairs |
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Fail to fully acknowledge the source of that
influence, which is Christ’s divinity |
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Fail to provide the reverent adoration befitting
a member of the godhead |
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“... they draw near to me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments
of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.” |
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The Pearl of Great Price
Joseph Smith-History 1:19 |
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“And we beheld the glory of the Son, on the
right hand of the Father, and received of his fulness; ... And now, after
the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony,
last of all, which we give of him: That he lives! … |
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… For we saw him, even on the right hand of
God; and we heard the voice bearing record that he is the Only Begotten of
the Father–That by him, and through him, and of him, the worlds are and
were created, and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters
unto God.” |
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Doctrine & Covenants 76:20, 22-24 |
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The fundamental principles of our religion
are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ,
that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into
heaven; and all other things which pertain to our religion are only
appendages to it. … |
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… But in connection with these, we believe
in the gift of the Holy Ghost, the power of faith, the enjoyment of the
spiritual gifts according to the will of God, the restoration of the house
of Israel, and the final triumph of truth. |
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Teachings, p.121 |
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If men would acquire salvation, they have
got to be subject, before they leave this world, to certain rules and
principles, which were fixed by an unalterable decree before the world was. |
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The disappointment of hopes and expectations
at the resurrection would be indescribably dreadful. |
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Teachings, p.324 |
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Reading the experience of others, or the
revelation given to them, can never give us a comprehensive view of our
condition and true relation to God.
Knowledge of these things can only be obtained by experience through
the ordinances of God set forth for that purpose. |
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Teachings, p.324 |
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Notes